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I think Tim took the right approach for the both the right and wrong reasons. We don't need more system programming, but more agnosticism. This is what SteamPl
by washadjeffmad 2y ago
I think Tim took the right approach for the both the right and wrong reasons. We don't need more system programming, but more agnosticism.
This is what SteamPlay and tools like proton and WINE solve. Why develop for Windows when you can build with respect to tools like those, and if the customer base exists, then allocate resources?
> objective metrics to the contrary
Of the 2ish% of the market gaming on Linux, what subset will buy your software? If I had one customer in 50 who submitted nearly half of all of our support tickets for development that wasn't transferrable to the other 49 and I couldn't charge them to cover it, I'd fire them, too.